@oid said:

@jjplano Escape each space with a \ if you need more than one space in a row.

thanks! just starting with pd, simple stuff is taking me hours to figure out

@whale-av said:

@jjplano Have a look at the [text] object.
You will need a [text define] which will hold the lines of text, and a [text get] object.
When you put a number (the line number of the text you want) into [text get] it will output that line,
David.

yeah! I figured it out, thanks!
the only thing I can't seem to achieve is to send a string with blank spaces to a canvas (no problem on that aspect with print)

hi! so sorry to refloat an old post, but this solution is very close to what I need to do for a project I'm working on. the only difference is that I need to read a text file with a list of words (each one on its own line), instead of a "list" message. I can't figure it out, I hope someone can help me. thanks!